Process of preserving citrus fruits.



UNITED STATES Patented October 11, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

PROCESS OF PHESERVING CITRUS FRUITS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 772,018, dated October11, 1904.

Application filed December 9, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH N. ALEX- ANDRIAN, a subject of the Sultanof Turkey in Europe, residing at Fresno, in the county of Fresno andState of California, have invented a certain new and useful process oftreating unripe (or baby) oranges and other citrus fruits in order topreserve the same and to transform the same into a palatable confection,of which the following is a specification.

Take the unripe oranges or other citrus fruit to be treated when theyare only partly grown, preferably when they are about one inch indiameter; with a. small knife or other instrument scoop a hole aboutthree-eighths of an inch in diameter through the center of the fruitfrom end to end, thus removing the core or seeds from the fruit; placethe fruit in cold water for twenty-four hours; cover the fruit withfresh water and boil slowly for nine or ten hours; place the fruit incold water, changing the water twice a day for about one Week; boil thefruit for about five minutes in Serial No. 184,505. (No specimens.)

a syrup made by dissolving two pounds of sugar in one gallon of water;then place the fruit on a dry cloth to drain; then either place thefruit in jars and cover with a thick syrup made with three or fourpounds of sugar to a gallon of water or crystallize the fruit by rollingin dry sugar.

What 1 claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The process for preserving unripe, partlygrown oranges and other citrusfruits, consisting in removing the core or seeds therefrom, andsubjecting the fruit to the action of cold water for about twenty-fourhours, then of boiling water for about ten hours, then of cold water forabout one week, then of boiling syrup for about five minutes, then,after draining, applying saccharine matter, substantially as hereindescribed.

ELIZABETH N. ALEXANDRIAN. Witnesses:

N. H. HARRIS, W. A. CONN.

